A land-use planning strategy intended to promote high-density development along Hamilton Street near Gonzaga University, could serve as an innovative first step toward neighborhood-specific zoning, assuming common sense prevails. As described in depth o

Congressman Sam Graves, of Missouri, who chairs the Committee on Small Business in the U.S. House of Representatives, recently sent a letter to the Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy asking the agency to study the 'rise of occupational

The city of Davenport has accepted an offer from an affiliate of Davenport contractor Halme Construction Inc. to purchase and develop five city block-sized lots on the west edge of town, about 35 miles east of Spokane via U.S. 2, says Steven Goemmel, Dave

Spokane nonprofit Women & Children's Free Restaurant & Community Kitchen has bought a new home, where it will expand its facility and serve more people, says Sherry Harbaugh, president of the organization. WCFR recently acquired the two-story, 20,100-s

Ground finally has been broken on the long-awaited Deer Park Business & Industrial Center infrastructure improvement project, located at 2800 E. Crawford in Deer Park, about 15 miles north of Spokane.

Home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, increased 7.5 percent in June 2014 compared with June 2013, according to the June CoreLogic Home Price Index report released in early August by CoreLogic, an Irvine, Calif.-based property information, an

The city of Spokane Valley has begun work on the $1.4 million second phase of the long-awaited Appleway Trail, says city spokeswoman Carolbelle Branch. The section of trail for the second phase will run from University Road to Pines Road in Spokane Vall

About $8 million in federal grants have been awarded to Spokane-area agencies this summer to support housing and self-sufficiency programs for the homeless, more than half of which will go to programs intended to help homeless veterans in particular.